Effects of order on memory of event times

Abstract Memorizing time of an event may employ two processes (1) encoding of the absolute time of events within an episode, (2) encoding of its relative order. Here we study interaction between these two processes. We performed experiments in which one or several items were presented, after which p...

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Autores principales: Michelangelo Naim, Mikhail Katkov, Misha Tsodyks
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a0c3891247794ea49ee2c039abc1051f2021-12-02T19:04:01ZEffects of order on memory of event times10.1038/s41598-021-97032-w2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/a0c3891247794ea49ee2c039abc1051f2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97032-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Memorizing time of an event may employ two processes (1) encoding of the absolute time of events within an episode, (2) encoding of its relative order. Here we study interaction between these two processes. We performed experiments in which one or several items were presented, after which participants were asked to report the time of occurrence of items. When a single item was presented, the distribution of reported times was quite wide. When two or three items were presented, the relative order among them strongly affected the reported time of each of them. Bayesian theory that takes into account the memory for the events order is compatible with the experimental data, in particular in terms of the effect of order on absolute time reports. Our results suggest that people do not deduce order from memorized time, instead people’s memory for absolute time of events relies critically on memorized order of the events.Michelangelo NaimMikhail KatkovMisha TsodyksNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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Michelangelo Naim
Mikhail Katkov
Misha Tsodyks
Effects of order on memory of event times
description Abstract Memorizing time of an event may employ two processes (1) encoding of the absolute time of events within an episode, (2) encoding of its relative order. Here we study interaction between these two processes. We performed experiments in which one or several items were presented, after which participants were asked to report the time of occurrence of items. When a single item was presented, the distribution of reported times was quite wide. When two or three items were presented, the relative order among them strongly affected the reported time of each of them. Bayesian theory that takes into account the memory for the events order is compatible with the experimental data, in particular in terms of the effect of order on absolute time reports. Our results suggest that people do not deduce order from memorized time, instead people’s memory for absolute time of events relies critically on memorized order of the events.
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